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At a recent meeting of the Aventura Marketing Council/Chamber of Commerce (AMC) sponsored by UHealth-University of Miami Health System, a full-house audience enjoyed an Evan Ross video production of Aventura’s “State of the City”. No boring video with statistics and static photos for Aventura….this was an entertaining video with Mayor Howard S. Weinberg, Esq. taking the lead and then literally tossing a ball to one Commissioner after another as each one spoke about a city project, accomplishment or goal of the City of Excellence. The first ball was tossed to Vice Mayor Amit Bloom who spoke about the outstanding Aventura Police Department with its Community Policing programs. Mayor Weinberg proudly announced the creation of a new Police Athletic League joining the Police Explorer program offered to Aventura youngsters. Comm. Billy Joel was next to catch a tossed ball and he covered the importance of constantly investing in infrastructure. The Mayor expanded on that issue by explaining how the city works on projects such as flood mitigation with the county and Dept. of Transportation. Comm. Dr. Linda Marks caught the “education” ball , and spoke about how Aventura’s award-winning schools instill early success of future generations. Mayor Weinberg added that Don Soffer Aventura High School recently graduated its first senior class, joining ACES as an A-rated school, noting his Commission’s intent to find land to build a new school.
Comm. Rachel Friedland was tossed the “parks and recreation” ball, and spoke about Aventura’s many parks that give residents a place of beauty and relaxation. Mayor Weinberg announced the expansion of city tennis courts, pickleball courts, community gardens and more, all happening within the park system. Lighting up the city for special events was the ‘ball’ tossed to Comm. Michael Stern, and he covered the city’s expanded 4th of July entertainment with a new drone show added onto the fireworks. But Aventura’s impact can be felt way beyond the city’s or the state boundaries. Creating the sister city of Modin, Israel was the “ball” tossed to Comm. Paul Kruss, bringing benefit to both cities through sharing of technology and more. Transportation is always front and center with Aventura, and Mayor Weinberg proudly announced that the new flyover connecting the Brightline station on West Dixie Highway and the Aventura Mall is being worked on and Freebee, providing free, on-demand, ride-sharing programs, is about to get easier with the addition of new Freebee cars on order to meet the great demand. Hero Housing for Aventura’s essential workers will provide reduced housing costs to keep and attract those professionals who educate and protect Aventura.
Dr. Joseph Pizzolato, Medical Director of Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, spoke about the new UHealth multispecialty ambulatory center currently under construction, UHealth at SoLe Mia. The seven-story, 363,000 square foot medical center will be UHealth’s largest ambulatory center to date offering Aventura, North Miami and the surrounding community’s access to academic medicine focused on wellness, healing and prevention of diseases. The center will include cancer specialists from South Florida’s only NCI-designated cancer center, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, eye care from the nation’s #1 ranked eye hospital Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, urological care from the Desai Sethi Urology Institute, more than 20 specialty clinics, state-of-the-art surgical suites, rehabilitative medicine, primary care and more.
UHealth at SoLe Mia is set to open in 2025.
For more information on the City of Aventura, visit cityofaventura.com; For UHealth at SoLe Mia visit: UHealth at SoLé Mia | University of Miami Health System (umiamihealth.org)
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